Seroepidemiology of dengue virus infection in the adult population in tropical Singapore

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1585-1593

  Ang, L W ^a   Cutter, J ^a   James, L ^a   Goh, K T ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aedes; dengue infection; epidemics; surveillance

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; VECTOR CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929291915     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002507     Document Type: Article

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